When most people think about speed traps, they think about small town police hiding behind billboards or waiting to pick off motorists right where the speed limit changes. But the real answer is much simpler: A speed trap exists wherever traffic enforcement is focused on extracting revenue from drivers instead of improving safety, made possible […]
162 Blog Posts From the REVENUE GENERATION Tag
What is a Speed Trap?
• February 2, 2018 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Civil Asset Forfeiture, NMA, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Roadblocks, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: January 22, 2018
January 22, 2018 • 0 Comments • ALPR, ANPR, Black Boxes, Fuel, Gas Tax, Insurance Companies, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TheNewspaper, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET REVENUE, Toll Roads, Traffic Tickets
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –Alaska Studies Rural Speed Traps– –Costs of Driving Down– –Crosswalk Ticketing Cams Debut in France– –FL House votes to ban RLCs— Friday, January 19, 2018 Alaska Studies Whether Rural Speed Traps Reduce Crashes It is often assumed that encouraging police to set up speed traps enhances road safety. A test […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: January 15, 2018
January 15, 2018 • 0 Comments • ALPR, ANPR, LICENSE PLATES, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SCHOOL BUS, SCHOOL BUS CAMERA, Speed Cameras, TheNewspaper, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –NM Supremes uphold the exaggerating cop– –Ft.Worth wants to ban Red-Light Cameras– –UK Gov wants speed cam friendly license plates— Friday, January 12, 2018 New Mexico Supreme Court Upholds Exaggerating Cop A police officer’s exaggerated testimony can still be used to convict a motorist of a traffic offense, the New […]
Congestion Pricing Cannot be the Future of Transportation Funding, Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #468
January 1, 2018 • 0 Comments • Gas Tax, MINNESOTA, OREGON, REVENUE GENERATION, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, Traffic Congestion, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON
Single-occupant Northern Virginia commuters had a rude awakening in early December when they used Interstate 66 express lanes and found new tolls spiking as high as $44 for commuting the 10-mile stretch between the Capital Beltway and the District of Columbia. While the Virginia DOT showed that the average round-trip toll during the first week […]
Next Generation Police Tools, Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #467
December 25, 2017 • 0 Comments • IOWA, LOS ANGELES, OHIO, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED CAMERA, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets, VERMONT
Next Generation Police Tools will be an ongoing feature of the Weekly NMA E-Newsletter. Check out Part 1 HERE. Dragon Cameras Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Dayton, Ohio police departments recently announced they are using “Dragon Cameras,” a handheld device that uses both a laser measuring tool and a camera to capture an image of a […]
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